Script created for JOMC 245- Electronic News Writing Fall 2012

Lead Slug Bobbi Pompeyof Media on Drug Use The Influence THE PRESENCE OF DRUGS IS BEOMING Created By Time MORE AND MORE Lauren Everett 1:56 OF A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAAY. AND LaShonda Jones EVERYONE IS BLAMING DIFFERENT Charisma Melvin SOURCES FOR THIS PROBLEM. Jarrell Pittman REPORTER JARRELL PITTMAN SET OUT Bobbi Pompey TO DISCOVER WHO, OR WHAT, IS REALLY TO BLAME.

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Music clips playing TODAYS MAINTSTREAM MEDIA IS SWARMED WITH IMAGES OF HABITUAL DRUG USERS, FELONY DRUG POSESSION, AND THE GLORIFICATION OF DRUG DEALERS AS IDEALS IN SOCIETY. LOUIEE. Fan of Rap (0:09) Like, everybody look up to the dope man. You know what Im saying, cause he that dude. He dont work for his money. He just, you know, sit back and do what he do. SOME BELIEVE THAT THIS DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY, IS A SIMPLE CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP. THEY SEE THE DRUGS ON TELEVISION, AND THEN THE DRUGS BECOME A PART OF URBAN SOCIETY. LIL FOUNTAIN.. Aspiring Rapper (0:08) Itll get a lot more people that dont really do drugs to try it. You know what I mean? It may inspire them to do something they really dont want to do, for no reason. LOUIEE.. Fan of Rap (0:06) If you doing it, thats gone give. . . everybody else gone want to do it, you know. Its like a chain reaction. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, HISTORY SHOWS A DEFINITE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DRUGS IN THE MEDIA AND DRUGS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. THIS SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY CELEBRITIES, RELATABLE TO THE URBAN SOCIETY, USING AND PUBLICIZING THEIR USE OF DRUGS ON TELEVISION AND ON THE RADIO. AURTHUR MCCROW.. Student (0:06) I do it. I dont do it cause of rap. I do it cause its me. It helps me out from my problems. OBVIOUSLY, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT,

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THE MEDIA IS PUSHING DRUGS TO THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME WHO BELIEVE OTHERWHISE. SO WHOS REALLY PUSING THE DRUGS? THE MEDIA TO THE COMMUNITY? OR, THE COMMUNITY TO THE MEDIA? DARIUS ADAMS.. Registered CAN (0:23) I feel like its a 50-50 type thing. Because the media pushes drugs into , you know, believing its something huge. Whereas, its a big part of our society. However, theres a big part of our society that uses drugs, so the media is going to push that. You know what Im saying? Its going to be a 50-50 thing on both sides